Minister of Sport and Tourism Sławomir Nitras met with Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tsikhanouskaya on Tuesday, 9 January. The main subject of the meeting was cooperation between Poland and Belarus in the field of sport.

On 28 December 2023, Minister of Sport and Tourism Sławomir Nitras handed over letters of appointment to Secretaries of State at the Ministry of Sport and Tourism Ireneusz Raś and Piotr Borys.

On 13 December 2023, at the request of Prime Minister Donald Tusk, President Andrzej Duda appointed Sławomir Nitras as Minister of Sport and Tourism.

On 1 January 2024, an amendment to the Regulation of the Minister of Sport and Tourism of 17 May 2022 on monthly sports grants will come into effect. The amendment will increase the amounts of monthly sports grants for athletes representing our country at international sporting events in Olympic sports.

For the twentieth time, the main and most prestigious awards in the Polish tourism industry have been presented. At the twentieth anniversary gala of the Competition for the Best Tourism Product certified by the PTO, held in Warsaw, 16 tourist products were awarded. The 2023 Gold Certificate was presented to Bieszczady Railbike Tours.

Social tourism - travel for people with special needs is nowadays a natural priority for tour operators, travel agencies and tourist information points. Everyone travels, including people with disabilities and seniors. This segment is growing because of the demographic trend of population aging. The national Programme Accessibility Plus 2018-2025 was discussed at the 11th Forum of the Polish Tourism Organisation and Regional and Local Tourism Organisations.

In connection with the outbreak of the war in Israel the Minister of Sport and Tourism, in consultation with the Minister of Finance, have considered that in the country unavoidable and extraordinary circumstances have occurred that constitute grounds for launching payments from the Tourism Aid Fund.

Minister of Sport and Tourism Kamil Bortniczuk has allocated an additional amount of PLN 2,106,790 for the implementation of the “Programme of co-funding, from the state budget, of tasks related to the national team members’ preparations for Olympic Games as well as preparations for and participation in the World Championships and European Championships in Olympic sports”.

The European Congress of Sport and Tourism was held in Zakopane from 26 to 28 September. The second edition of the event brought together representatives of the Polish sports and tourism industry. This year, the congress was also an opportunity to sum up the Third European Games Kraków-Małopolska, co-hosted by the Małopolska province that was also responsible for organizing the congress.